YEREVAN. – Armenia marks the 22nd anniversary of Independence on Saturday.

In the morning, the top-ranking officers of the country led by the President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Yerablur military cemetery and will pay tribute to the victims of the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] liberation war and independent Armenia’s heroes. Later a reception and other events will be held.

A march of independence will commence from Liberty Square at 4pm.

Declaration of Independence was adopted at the session of the Supreme Council of Armenia on August 23, 1990. Under this document Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed the Republic of Armenia.

Under the decree of Armenia’s Supreme Council a referendum on secession from the USSR and the establishment of independent statehood was held on September 21, 1990. A total of 94.99% of the citizens voted “for” independence.

Two days later, the Supreme Council declared Armenia an independent, sovereign state.